Contrasting old and new architecture in London. Detail of facades on Oxford Street, London. Left: Late 19th century facade now Radcliffe College Language School. Right: 187-195 Oxford Street faceted glass facade by architect’s Future Systems, built 2008

An Iranian girl looks out from the trunk of Sarv-e Abar-Kuh “cypress of Abar-Kuh”, also called the Zoroastrian Sarv, is a Cupressus sempervirens tree in Abarkuh, Yazd Iran. It is estimated to be over four thousand years old and may be the oldest living thing in Asia.

I clicked on your link because I like looking at photos of architecture. All the pictures are great, but I especially love the one of the Aleppo Night Workshop. It might seem incongruous, but it put me in mind of Saint Jerome in the study, the way the subject, who’s reading, is framed by the architecture. It’s visually striking, but it also has a fascinating human, almost narrative, element.

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Hi Leanne,
Glad you’ve found this inspiring!
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Good luck!